Apprenticeship - IT / Infrastructure

About

Botify is a global, enterprise software company focused on enabling the most ambitious brands to leverage organic search as a high-impact, performance marketing channel.

Powered by AI and a proprietary unified data model, Botify’s platform ensures web and mobile sites are optimized for search - increasing the number of pages seen, indexed and ranked by search engines - the foundation of being found by consumers in today’s dynamic digital environment.

As the leader in organic search innovation, Botify is trusted by more than 500 of the world’s most visible brands, including Expedia, L'Oréal, Crate & Barrel, Conde Nast, Groupon, Github, Carvana, FNAC Darty, and The New York Times, all of whom have succeeded in leveraging organic search for exponential, long-term results and revenue growth.

Job Description

Botify’s leading agentic AI search technology and seasoned experts ensure every brand has the power to be found, both in traditional and AI search. With one powerful platform, brands achieve visibility, relevance, and greater control across Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and more.

Botify’s technology powers agentic workflows, AI-driven recommendations, and automated cross-platform indexation and deployment. Brands maximize visibility wherever consumers, bots, and AI agents search, protecting and capturing revenue across all search platforms.

Trusted by 500+ leading brands including Macy’s, Levi’s, Farfetch, the New York Times, and Marks & Spencer, Botify drives digital discovery, sustained profitability, productivity, and brand authority in an AI-first world.

Industry research shows that women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups generally don't apply to jobs unless they check all the boxes for the role. If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don't check 100% of the boxes - that's okay - we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table!

Role Overview

We are seeking an Apprentice IT and Infrastructure Engineer to join our Infra team in Paris. At Botify, the Infra team works closely with all teams within Engineering to achieve ambitious projects together, and IT supports everyone in the company.

We value humility, respect, and a team-first mindset.
If you are open to feedback, eager to grow and prioritize the team's success, you'll fit right in.

On topics you know about, you like to work autonomously, be proactive in making proposals, and to take initiative. 
Your curiosity and motivation drive you to stay regularly informed about new technologies.

Some recent projects we’ve worked on:

  • IT: Mobile Device Management software deployment to the global company
  • IT: New devices for new meetings room
  • Infra: automated build and deploy of new server images
  • Infra: centralization of all our VPC system

To explore more about our engineering teams and their work, visit our Medium Blog.


What You'll Do

As an Apprentice IT/infrastructure, you will work closely with the Infrastructure team and will have two main buckets of work:

On the IT side, you will:

  • Assist employees in using software and computer hardware (level 0 and 1),
  • Manage the fleet of Apple devices via Kandji and ensure their proper configuration,
  • Ensure processes execution for employee onboarding and offboarding,
  • Manage the employee computer and phone fleet.

On the Infrastructure side, you will:

  • Operate and maintain the platforms,
  • Automate, industrialize, and strengthen construction and deployment processes,
  • Participate in incident resolution through analysis, implementing workarounds, and correcting root causes to ensure production stability.

What We're Looking For 

  • You’re a tech enthusiast, curious, and with a strong desire to grow.
  • You are already proficient in a scripting/development language (preferably Python) and are familiar with "Infrastructure as Code" concepts (Terraform, Ansible, etc.). No prior field experience is required.
  • With excellent interpersonal skills, you can adapt to different employees and team members.

What You'll Learn : 

  • Managing infra at scale in a multi-cloud environment
  • Working with “Infrastructure as Code
  • Collaborating with all employees to support them in their IT requests
  • Collaborating with a supportive team of engineers in an R&D environment
  • And much more!

Technical stack:

IT:

  • Mostly Apple, some Windows
  • Kandji as a Mobile Device Management software
  • Google Workspace

Infrastructure:

  • A mix of AWS, GCP and OVH (bare-metal).
  • Docker and our internal deployment system.
  • Ansible for our instance configuration and Terraform (+terragrunt) for the infrastructure configuration.
  • 1500+ servers, scaling depending on the workload.
  • Load of 2000 req/s on some services.
  • Github Actions to automate deployments.
  • Git for version control.


    What we offer:

    To keep our employees happy and motivated, we are always assessing the benefits/perks we offer to ensure we are competitive. Here are some we’d like to highlight:

    • Location: brand new offices in the center of Paris (12 rue d’Amsterdam, straight out of Gare Saint-Lazare)
    • Hybrid remote policy
    • Attractive Remuneration Package with BSPCE (for Permanent full-time role - CDI)
    • Fun office culture & regular outings such as Team Off-Sites, Annual Kick-Off, Quaterly Team Lunch, Thirsty Thursdays etc. 
    • Lunch vouchers, 50% of transportation reimbursement, fitness classes, generous CSE advantages etc. 
    • Compelling growth perspectives 

    Start date: as soon as possible

    In addition to the skills and experience we are looking for, our ideal candidate would embody our core values:

    Empower Customers. Unleash Potential.

    Learn Fast. Progress Faster.

    Go the Extra Mile. It’s Never Crowded.

    Work Hard. Stay Humble.

    Be Bold. Be You.

    Botify is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

    Additional Information

    • Contract Type: Apprenticeship
    • Location: Paris
    • Possible partial remote